Schools · Sacramento
Sacramento, CA schools
Sacramento’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 30% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 37 schools through grade 8, then one of 10 high schools and West Campus or Umoja International Academy.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Sacramento’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Sacramento’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
CGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (578)Better than 49%
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 2,568. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Sacramento kids go to school
Grades 9–12
10 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Sacramento City Unified School DistrictGrades 12
West Campus or Umoja International Academy
Depends on your address Sacramento City Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Sacramento City Unified)30%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 21–39% (a small group)
Math (grades K–12, Sacramento City Unified)10%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–20% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,568
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #512 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
The district serving Sacramento
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 149 schools in Sacramento
Showing 1–30 of 149 schools
Smythe Academy of Arts and SciencesElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,091 students
CharterIrene B. West ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,063 students
B+PublicLas Palmas ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,001 students
PublicHeronElementary · Grades K–8 · 977 students
CPublicPrairie ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 858 students
CPublicCharles E. Mack ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 840 students
CPublicLeonardo Da VinciElementary · Grades K–8 · 822 students
PublicUnion House ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 795 students
CPublicH. Allen Hight ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 760 students
D-PublicNatomas Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 745 students
PublicJeffersonElementary · Grades K–8 · 735 students
PublicRosa Parks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 722 students
PublicBarbara Comstock Morse ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 719 students
B-PublicElder Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 712 students
PublicHerman Leimbach ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 659 students
C-PublicJohn H. StillElementary · Grades K–8 · 655 students
PublicHazel Strauch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 650 students
PublicPhoebe A. Hearst ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 647 students
PublicCrocker/Riverside ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 631 students
PublicAmerican LakesElementary · Grades K–8 · 625 students
CPublicWitter Ranch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 621 students
PublicRegency Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 619 students
PublicThe Language Academy of SacramentoElementary · Grades K–8 · 615 students
B-CharterTwo Rivers ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 612 students
D-PublicGenevieve DidionElementary · Grades K–8 · 609 students
PublicJohn Reith ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 572 students
CPublicMichael J. Castori ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 545 students
PublicCaleb Greenwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 536 students
PublicCapitol Collegiate AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 518 students
BCharterNatomas Pacific Pathways Prep ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 504 students
CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.